diff --git a/pkgconf.cygport b/pkgconf.cygport
index 994ad2a..2d81dbc 100644
--- a/pkgconf.cygport
+++ b/pkgconf.cygport
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ SystemLibraryPaths: /usr/${mgw}/sys-root/mingw/lib
 _EOF
 		cat > ${D}/usr/bin/${mgw}-pkg-config <<_EOF
 #!/bin/sh
+if [ "$#" -eq 1 ] && [ "$1" == "--version" ]; then
+exec pkgconf --version
+else
 exec pkgconf --personality=${mgw} \$@
+fi
 _EOF
 	done